Spelling Bee August 2, 2020 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
215
Pangrams
4
Genius score
150
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INVINCIBLE
- INVINCIBLE
- VINCIBLE
- VINCIBLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
107 pts
50%
Genius
150 pts
70%
Queen Bee
215 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beeline
- belie
- believe
- bell
- belle
- bevel
- bible
- bile
- bill
- blin
- blini
- celeb
- cell
- celli
- civil
- clinic
- eleven
- enliven
- evil
- icicle
- incivil
- incline
- invincible
- invincible
- lenience
- levee
- level
- libel
- libelee
- lice
- lien
- line
- linen
- live
- liven
- nibble
- veil
- vile
- vincible
- vincible
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 2, 2020 uses the seven letters B, C, E, I, L, N, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 215 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 150 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.